Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR): A state-of-the-art review

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-325

  Du, Shan ^a   Ibrahim, Mahmoud ^a   Shehata, Mohamed ^b   Badawy, Wael ^c  

^a IntelliView Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^b Benha University ^*  (Egypt)

^c Umm Al Qura University   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR); automatic number plate recognition (ANPR); car plate recognition (CPR); optical character recognition (OCR) for cars

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION; AUTOMATIC NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION; BACKGROUND IMAGE; ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; MAJOR FACTORS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NIGHT TIME; PLATE RECOGNITION; PROCESSING SPEED; REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; RECOGNITION ACCURACY; SEQUENCE OF IMAGES; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE; VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES;

COLOR; LICENSE PLATES (AUTOMOBILE); OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84873399769     PISSN: 10518215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSVT.2012.2203741     Document Type: Review

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